Post [[Elevatorgate]] (a July 2011 controversy in which [[Richard Dawkins]] was accused of [[misogny]]), there has been a lot of friction with the [[atheist movement]] (see: [[Atheist factions]]).
At the [[American Atheists]] 2018 convention, [[David Silverman]], ex-president of the American Atheists organization, gave a speech entitled, "How the mighty get back up". The speech alluded to the pro-religious rights agenda of the [[Trump administration]] (See: [[Donald Trump and American atheists]]). During the speech Silverman said regarding American atheists, "We are suffering a level of [[defeatism]] that I have never seen before". (See: [[Decline of the atheist movement]]).<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8VYLMYvImc David Silverman - How the Mighty Get Back Up]</ref> Later in 2018, Silverman was fired due to allegations of financial conflicts and sexual assault (see also: [[Atheism and sexism]]).<ref>[https://www.buzzfeed.com/peteraldhous/david-silverman-atheist-fired-sexual-misconduct?utm_term=.yt64RqDPA#.ordaNrO4R This Firebrand Atheist Was Just Fired After Allegations Of Financial Conflicts And Sexual Assault]</ref>
At the 2018 [[American Atheists]] convention, the ex-president of the American Atheist organization [[David Silverman]] declared:
In 2015, the atheist author Joshua Kelly wrote:
{{cquote|...since the death of Hitchens: angry atheism lost its most charismatic champion. Call it what you like: New Atheism, fire-brand atheism, etc., had a surge with the Four Horsemen in the middle of the last decade and in the last four years has generally peetered out to a kind that is more docile, [[Political correctness|politically correct]], and even apologetic.<ref>[http://www.patheos.com/blogs/danthropology/2015/12/uproar-against-dawkins-is-sign-of-new-atheism-retrogression/ Uproar Against Dawkins Is Sign of New Atheism Retrogression] by Joshua Kelly</ref>}}
As alluded to above, at the [[American Atheists]] 2018 convention, [[David Silverman]], ex-president of the American Atheists organization, gave a speech entitled, "How the mighty get back up". The speech alluded to the pro-religious rights agenda of the [[Trump administration]] (See: [[Donald Trump and American atheists]]). During the speech Silverman said regarding American atheists, "We are suffering a level of [[defeatism]] that I have never seen before". (See: [[Decline of the atheist movement]]).<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8VYLMYvImc David Silverman - How the Mighty Get Back Up]</ref> Later in 2018, Silverman was fired due to allegations of financial conflicts and sexual assault (see also: [[Atheism and sexism]]).<ref>[https://www.buzzfeed.com/peteraldhous/david-silverman-atheist-fired-sexual-misconduct?utm_term=.yt64RqDPA#.ordaNrO4R This Firebrand Atheist Was Just Fired After Allegations Of Financial Conflicts And Sexual Assault]</ref>
In addition, [[Baylor University]] reported in 2015: